rezplz
2009-10-05, 10:21 PM
So I had this idea that struck me as really cool, even though I knew it'd have trouble being really effective. In the most basic sense, I'm going to be dual-wielding repeating crossbows.
About the character: He's an arctic elf who is a bit of a sneaky, smug spy type (james bond) who often has to say screw it and just pump people full of bolts (rambo). And when people get close, he slices and dices with his crossbow-bayonets.
Since I need a lot of skill points for the social/spy part, I decided to go for rogue. However, this build needs feats. A LOT of feats. So I swapped out my sneak attack for bonus feats.
My DM house-ruled that I could take the changling rogue substitution level even though I'm an arctic elf (social stuff instead of trapfinding), and that rapid reload would let me let me ready a repeating crossbow with only using one hand (normall you need two), and also house-ruled up a repeating hand crossbow.
At level two, here's my stats:
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=158076
STR: 8
DEX: 20
CON: 10
INT: 12
WIS: 8
CHA: 12
Feats: Urban Tracking
Point blank shot
Weapon proficiency: Hand crossbow.
Feats I still need to take:
Weapon proficiency: Repeating hand crossbow
Rapid Reload
Weapon focus: Repeating hand crossbow
Crossbow sniper
Two-weapon fighting
Rapid shot
So, the basic question is: I know this is extremely sub-optimal, so how do I make this idea more effective? For cool factor, they definitely have to be repeating hand crossbows. I definitely have to be an arctic elf. I definitely have to keep my general character theme. Everything else is open to change a bit.
Allowed books:
Complete series
Core series
Races of the [blank]
Unearthed arcana
My DM may allow specific things from other books on a case-by-case basis.
About the character: He's an arctic elf who is a bit of a sneaky, smug spy type (james bond) who often has to say screw it and just pump people full of bolts (rambo). And when people get close, he slices and dices with his crossbow-bayonets.
Since I need a lot of skill points for the social/spy part, I decided to go for rogue. However, this build needs feats. A LOT of feats. So I swapped out my sneak attack for bonus feats.
My DM house-ruled that I could take the changling rogue substitution level even though I'm an arctic elf (social stuff instead of trapfinding), and that rapid reload would let me let me ready a repeating crossbow with only using one hand (normall you need two), and also house-ruled up a repeating hand crossbow.
At level two, here's my stats:
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=158076
STR: 8
DEX: 20
CON: 10
INT: 12
WIS: 8
CHA: 12
Feats: Urban Tracking
Point blank shot
Weapon proficiency: Hand crossbow.
Feats I still need to take:
Weapon proficiency: Repeating hand crossbow
Rapid Reload
Weapon focus: Repeating hand crossbow
Crossbow sniper
Two-weapon fighting
Rapid shot
So, the basic question is: I know this is extremely sub-optimal, so how do I make this idea more effective? For cool factor, they definitely have to be repeating hand crossbows. I definitely have to be an arctic elf. I definitely have to keep my general character theme. Everything else is open to change a bit.
Allowed books:
Complete series
Core series
Races of the [blank]
Unearthed arcana
My DM may allow specific things from other books on a case-by-case basis.